I bought a Canon Pixma iP4820 several weeks ago and have been very pleased with its performance. The initial price was quite reasonable, but ink is relatively expensive. My only complaint to date is that the Canon inks show considerable metamerism under tungsten as opposed to daylight illumination. My toned B&W photos all have a magenta cast when viewed under tungsten lamps. The cast totally goes away when viewed in daylight.
Steve
P.S. The Epson 1400 or Canon iP6520 would have been my next pick if I were looking to spend that kind of money to support larger paper.
P.P.S. Dang! I just noticed that the Canon Pro9000 Mark II has a $200 rebate right now. That is a heck of a printer for just under $250 USD. (Must contain lust for nicer stuff...)
Last edited by stevebrot; 05-22-2011 at 02:55 PM.